Excerpt from The New York Medical Journal, Vol. 37: A Weekly Review of Medicine; January to June, 1883, Inclusive Additional advantages of the sublimate dressing are its freedom from odor, its slight effect upon the hands, much less than from carbolic acid, and its cheapness and ease of preparation. For the disinfection of instruments, however, the carbolic-acid solution has still to be used, as the prolonged mercurial immersion is apt to dull cutting edges. With these three antiseptics all wounds under my charge are now treated, preference being given to carbolic acid. Next in order is the corrosive sublimate, iodoform being reserved for small wounds or injuries, such as crushed fingers, stabs, etc., or wounds involving the orifices of the body. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.